Ghosts Depicted in Art

Looking at these paintings I couldn't help but wonder what made the artists paint them. Did some of them actually draw their inspiration from
experience, or were they just using their imagination? Back then people couldn't just take a snapshot using their cameras, so I'm guessing this
could have been one way for them to attempt recording a ghost sighting. I have come across numerous more paintings by famous and unknown artists
showing ghosts but only wanted to show the 10 I liked the most, or found the most intriguing.
If you come across any paintings of ghosts not shown here, please feel free to add them.
Enjoy.

That's an interesting idea. Ghost stories are ancient, as of course you know, but yes I wonder too whether the earlier artists were painting from
memory or from imagination. And then I wonder how much they have in turn shaped future generations ideas of what ghosts look like? Do we see what
we've been told to expect?
Intriguing thread!

I don't know if this one counts, but the idea you've offered is absolutely fascinating. Great thread. Your selections, imo, are very compelling. I
look forward to exploring your line of research further.

I was thinking, what am I doing toying around with art showing ghosts in the 17th-21st century? Why not see how far back I can go?

~1300 B.C. :

Judgment scene from the Book of the Dead. In the three scenes from the Book of the Dead (version from ~1300 BCE) the dead man (Hunefer) is taken
into the judgment hall by the jackal-headed Anubis. The next scene is the weighing of his heart, with Ammut awaiting the result and Thoth recording.
Next, the triumphant Hunefer, having passed the test, is presented by the falcon-headed Horus to Osiris, seated in his shrine with Isis and Nephthys.
(British Museum)

My only hiccup here is it says "dead man" and not spirit/ghost, but I guess I'm just being too nit-picky.

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